Anna & Dirk celebrated their wedding with friend and family from all around the world on the stunning Grand Provence Estate in Franschhoek. 

I could probably tell you their proposal story, but how much better can you get than the bride telling you the story herself :) This text is from Anna & Dirk´s wedding blog:

“The proposal….well what can I say…. Four and a half year into our relationship, I was ready to get hitched and I made sure Dirk knew about this. I have made it very clear a few times but kind of lost hope after Dirk told me that a wedding would happen in the year 2000 and zillion. No need to fuss about it I thought, and kind of left it there! 

We went skiing in Courchevel just after New Years where Dirk thought it would be a brilliant idea to do a 80 km trek on his birthday. Unfortunately for us…..the weather was horrid….and I remember trying to talk him out of it. The only thing Dirk could come up with: “It’s my birthday and I want to go!”. The journey was a disaster. It felt like it was minus 20 degrees, no visibility and bitingly cold gales of wind. Determined, Dirk wanted to do this so I decided to keep my mouth shut and get on with it. Unfortunately, as the day grew older, the weather got colder! When the day finally came to an end (mind you I was pretty much a frozen snowgirl by then) Dirk thought it would be a good idea to defrost at a restaurant that was looking out over the three valleys and the Mont Blanc. Lovely idea, but due to bad weather, the restaurant was closed and there was no ways I could see the three valleys let alone the Mont Blanc. We made a good attempt though but after we almost got blown off the terrace, I told Dirk it was time to go. I was fed up and slightly grumpy at that stage. …

Skiing down was a mission, the snow had been wiped off the mountains due to the strong wind and it was dangerous with all the rocks coming through. Dirk was really slow and I was getting more and more annoyed. All of the sudden he stopped and started mumbling about the amazing view again (I could not see a darn thing!?!?) and I lost it. I told him we had to go home! He then proposed and I was just completely in shock! I think it was difficult to say yes as I was frozen but to be honest it really was amazing. The idea was so good and the weather….oh well not ideal but it did make it extra special :-). We managed to come down in one piece and there we celebrated in Courchevel with our friends. I am a very lucky girl!!!”

Big thanks to Candice Cj Rodrigues for assisting me on the day!